This study examined the effects of both curricular and extracurricular career support on college students’ subjective well-being and tested the mediating role of college life satisfaction. Data was drawn from the sixth wave of the Korea Education an...
This study examined the effects of both curricular and extracurricular career support on college students’ subjective well-being and tested the mediating role of college life satisfaction. Data was drawn from the sixth wave of the Korea Education and Employment Panel and analyzed using structural equation modeling with the lavaan package in R. Model fit was assessed, and mediation effects were tested using bootstrapping. To compare the relative effects of curricular and extracurricular support, unconstrained and constrained models were examined. The results indicated that participation in career support was positively associated with university life satisfaction, which, in turn, was positively related to subjective well-being. College life satisfaction significantly mediated the relationship between career support and subjective well-being. There were no significant differences found based on curricular and extracurricular career support experiences. These findings highlighted the importance of developing and implementing effective career support programs at the institutional level to enhance students’ overall well-being.